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<p>DeliciousDiggFacebookredditStumbleUponTwitterEmailPrintChesterfield Royal Hospital norovirus outbreak shuts beds
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<p>Four wards are now closed to new admissions, a hospital spokesperson confirmed.
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<p>Staff have also succumbed to the virus and hospital bosses said they were in "considerable danger" of not being able to function.
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<p>In a statement, the trust said: "With deep regret the board of directors at Chesterfield Royal Hospital has taken the unprecedented step of closing the hospital to all visitors to adult in-patient wards with immediate effect.
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<p>"This is to try and resolve the outbreak of norovirus currently affecting eight of our wards - with many patients and staff succumbing to the illness."
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<p>Norovirus, the winter vomiting bug, causes violent sickness and diarrhoea.
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<p>Norovirus shuts hospitals' wards23 DECEMBER 2011, NOTTINGHAMNorovirus concern at third ward09 NOVEMBER 2010, NOTTINGHAM
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